Posted on 31. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
Happy Howwwloween! Not only is this the most FIENDISH day of the year, it’s also the end of The Crossroads blog tour. Wade has one last research question for you to hunt down and then he’ll release you from his thrall. If you’re lucky, research does make him a bit….thirsty. Once you have collected ALL 16 answers, [...]
Posted on 29. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
My hubbie, our 2 crazy labs and I were on one hell of Joy READ this week. We travelled 7 hours to Grimshaw, Alberta for a few author visits to grade 7 and 8 students (well, just me, the rest of my crew hung out at the hotel room). From Grimshaw we drove another 6 hours [...]
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
Well, it’s a few days into the massive Crossroads blog tour and all seems to be going smoothly. Authors, bloggers and readers are Twittering, Facebooking and well, blogging about the author interviews and giveaways. Just a note for those who are collecting the answers to Wade’s “research questions” – please don’t email them to me [...]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
This month really is the one that keeps on giving. As well as overseeing The Crossroads tour, I’m participating in a blog tour at Teen Book Scene – a great resource for authors and readers to discover each other through blog tours. “The TBS is all about promoting young adult and MG authors and their [...]
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
Today I’ll be hopping over to Jessica’s blog, Confessions of a Bookaholic. She’s featuring different authors each week, who will be sharing a little tale of the supernatural to get us all in the Halloween spirit. If you’re a doll person, my story might weird you out. It also might hint at what’s in store for poor Eryn [...]
Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
Stacey from The Page Turners Blog has setup a fangtastic series of chats with Crossroads authors. Below you’ll find some info from her blog, but go HERE for the full deets: Here are the authors we will be having on each date. We are going to use pre-selected questions and then posting comments from the chat attendees, and [...]
Posted on 13. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
This Halloween meet 16 YA Paranormal Authors at THE CROSSROADS! From October 16-31st, bloggers and authors will meet at a virtual crossroads, sharing their love of the paranormal and things that go bump in the night with readers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 12, 2010 – Canada, United States, Worldwide: What’s dark, [...]
Posted on 10. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
As a final push for our 2k10 year, the Class of 2k10 (www.classof2k10.com) is offering one heck of a giveaway for residence of the US . Five book clubs across the United States can win a prize pack of three to six sets of books written by the authors from the Class of 2K10. Each pack includes TEN [...]
Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
Further to the idea of booktrailers as great ICT outcome projects for students, check out this wicked cool contest. It’s limited to US residents, but wouldn’t it be cool to have a Canadian publisher rock this idea? Digital Book Report video contest offers more than 25 chances to win Recorded Books K-12 and three-time Teacher [...]
Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by judithgraves in Author Visits
Halloween that is. This October is crawling with all things paranormal. I’m organizing The Crossroads Tour (16 YA paranormal authors X 16 bloggers X 16 days) and I’m also hanging out on a bunch of other blogs who get the SPIRIT of the season. You’ll want to drop by Jessica’s blog all month long for [...]